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Showing 691700 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-23

Investigation is suspended at the written request of any person who provides proof that he has brought an action before the judicial court or, in the overseas territories, the court of first instance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article R752-23

Article R. 341-16 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article D753-23

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-23

Where gametes, initially stored with a view to medically assisted procreation on the basis of article L. 2141-2, or pursuant to articles L. 2141-11 and L. 2141-12, are donated, the provisions of Chapt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring the obligation of continuing professional development

Article R4021-23

I.-Health professionals must provide proof of their commitment to continuing professional development: 1° In the case of doctors, dental surgeons and midwives, from the relevant council of the profess…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-23

The court secretariat informs the Director General of Pôle emploi within eight days of receipt of the objection. As soon as he is aware of the objection, the Director General will send the court a cop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-23

After checking the integrity of the seals, the two experts are given the sample previously held by the owner or holder and the sample previously held by the agent who took the sample and forwarded to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-23

…he Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique provided for in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, gives an account of the guideli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-23

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree mentioned in Article L. 811-5 is as follows…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Share of global contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article R2171-23

If the holder of a global contract is not itself a small or medium-sized enterprise or a craftsman, the minimum proportion that it undertakes to entrust, directly or indirectly, to small and medium-si…

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